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«Amavubi»
The Amavubi arrive at this window still measuring themselves against Uganda.
The Rwanda Football Federation (FERWAFA), formed in 1975, joined the Confederation of African Football a year later and FIFA in 1978.
Stade Amahoro in Kigali holds the team's home matches, built to take around 75,000 people. The shirt has stayed yellow with blue shorts and green socks, the away kit switching between white and blue, colours that trace back to the federation's own founding years rather than any later rebrand.
Haruna Niyonzima holds the most caps in the side's history, the kind of durability that comes from being picked before a settled generation of teammates existed around him. Olivier Karekezi remains the leading scorer, his goals carrying a squad that has rarely had the depth to share the load evenly up front.
Against Uganda, the fixture that defines the calendar more than any trophy, Amavubi keep knocking on the door.
75,000 seats wait in Kigali for a night the fixture list has yet to fill.
Latest results
Fixtures and results| 29 Sep | Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification |
Cape Verde
A
|
2:1 | W |
| 25 Sep | Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification |
Liberia
H
|
3:1 | W |
| 9 Jun | Friendlies |
Tanzania
A
|
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| 6 Jun | Friendlies |
Comoros
A
|
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| 30 Mar | FIFA Series |
Estonia
H
|
2:0 | W |
| 27 Mar | FIFA Series |
Grenada
H
|
4:0 | W |
Standing
Africa Cup of Nations - QualificationGroup stage · Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification - Group K
| # | Team | M | W | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Rwanda
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 5:2 | 6 |
| 2 |
 Mali
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 4:1 | 6 |
| 3 |
Cape Verde
|
2 | 0 | 2 | 2:5 | 0 |
| 4 |
Liberia
|
2 | 0 | 2 | 1:4 | 0 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 55| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 55 | 27 | 28 |
| Scored | 51 | 31 | 20 |
| Conceded | 47 | 19 | 28 |
| Scored per game | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 |
| Conceded per game | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| Difference | +4 | +12 | −8 |
Key players
by appearances over the last year
Samuel Léopold Marie Gueulette
Midfielder
2 Matches
Jojea Kwizera
Forward
2 Matches
Leroy-Jacques Mickels
Midfielder
2 Matches
Joy-Lance Mickels
Midfielder
2 Matches
Noam Fritz Emeran
Forward
2 Matches
Phanuel Kavita
Defender
2 Matches
Bonheur Mugisha
Midfielder
2 Matches
Fiacre Ntwari
Goalkeeper
2 Matches
Squad of Rwanda
by appearances over the last year| Number | Player | Position | Age | Matches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | |
Samuel Léopold Marie Gueulette |
Midfielder | 26 | 2 |
| 22 | |
Jojea Kwizera |
Forward | 27 | 2 |
| 13 | Leroy-Jacques Mickels |
Midfielder | 2 | ||
| 20 |  Joy-Lance Mickels |
Midfielder | 2 | ||
| 10 | Noam Fritz Emeran |
Forward | 2 | ||
| 25 | Phanuel Kavita |
Defender | 2 | ||
| 15 | Bonheur Mugisha |
Midfielder | 2 | ||
| 1 | Fiacre Ntwari |
Goalkeeper | 2 | ||
| 3 |  Emmanuel Imanishimwe |
Defender | 2 | ||
| 5 |  A. Mutsinzi |
Defender | 2 | ||
| 2 |  Claude Niyomugabo |
Defender | 2 |
Fixtures of Rwanda
Honours of Rwanda
- CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup 2001 1